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When faced with noise, how would you choose to communicate?
The following is a response from a woman from Wenzhou.
September 19
A woman in Wenzhou has difficulty falling asleep late at night.
Because someone downstairs was having a late-night snack until 2 a.m.
And the people downstairs are especially noisy.
Such high-decibel noise makes it impossible for people upstairs to fall asleep.
So she just splashed water down there.
To protest being called crazy
In the video, the residents seem to have reached their breaking point.
That's why I'm so angry.
At first, I was probably worried about yelling at the people downstairs.
The downstairs neighbors can't hear it, which is disturbing other neighbors.
Only then did they have no choice but to splash water downstairs.
This immediately attracted the attention of the people downstairs.
Fortunately, it was late at night.
No personal safety was endangered.
Many people like to eat late-night snacks
Barbecue is the first choice.
Five friends drinking and chatting
Boys inevitably play rock-paper-scissors to add to the atmosphere.
When I get excited, I can't control the volume of my voice.
Open-air barbecue stalls near residential buildings
Such situations often disturb nearby residents.
On September 20, the local police stated
The police have finished mediating.
The person who was splashed said they would not pursue the matter.
Also, please remind the people downstairs to keep the noise down.
Faced with such noise problems
How should we understand and resolve this?
1. Is the noise from night market food stalls illegal?
Popular Science: The average person's voice is between 50 and 60 decibels.
When people are together, the noise level can reach 70-80 decibels.
The human ear can only enjoy quiet and fall asleep when the volume is below 40 decibels.
The national noise law stipulates that the noise level outside a residence should be kept below 45 decibels (with windows open).
Therefore, the noise from that night market stall
This violates the provisions of the noise law.
In fact, the woman from Wenzhou's intention to protect her right to peace and quiet was...
Completely correct and reasonable
However, the extreme practice of throwing objects from high-rise buildings is inappropriate.
This could very well lead to him being heavily criticized.
2. So how do we properly deal with similar noise?
The solution follows these three steps:
01. Reasonable communication
▼ Communicating with customers having a late-night snack: Friends, it's already 2 a.m., could you please keep your voices down? We're all going to sleep.
▼A message to the night market stall owner: "Boss, the noise from your stall exceeds 60 decibels, causing serious noise pollution and is illegal. You want to do business in peace, and we just want to sleep peacefully. If we can understand each other, we can coexist harmoniously. If not, we'll have to call the police."
02. Call the reporting hotline
Police: 110
Urban Management: 12319
Environmental Protection Bureau: 12369
03. Replace with soundproof windows/curtains
This is the last resort. To avoid encountering a rogue boss or a boss under a protective umbrella, one can only choose to solve their need for quiet through physical means.
▼The structure of insulated glass can block high-frequency noise. Generally, the sound insulation matching effect of insulated glass is around 250Hz-500Hz.
(Note that simply increasing the air gap thickness in insulated glass does not necessarily improve sound insulation compared to single-pane glass.)
▼Soundproof curtains should have a sound insulation of at least 15-20 decibels. Their sound insulation principle is to convert sound waves into heat energy in the cotton material, so that the noise transmitted through the air can no longer be transmitted.
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